The way we currently vote, by plurality, creates circumstances in the voting process that completely contradict the democratic values we are taught as kids and encouraged to believe in as adults.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: Let’s hear positions on health care from a wide range of candidates
Our nonprofit group tried surveying some and got a 44 percent response on the top issue for voters in the state.
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George Smith: Invasive fish pose challenge
Maine has let the problem get too far along, but there are still some things we can do.
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Maine Compass: Hate crime cannot be tolerated
Maine should increase the severity of its hate-crime laws.
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Another View: Infant’s parent gets scare when chicken pox hits nursery school
‘Having a sick kid sucks,’ the mother writes; knowing the infection could have been prevented is infuriating.
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Maine Voices: Time to reflect on importance of honoring those who died serving
We at the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services make it our mission to support veterans any way we can.
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Trudy Rubin: A shameful saga of US callousness toward Iraqis who helped our soldiers
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Maine VA director: Serving those who served
The price of freedom is visible in the system’s hallways and waiting rooms.
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Jim Fossel: Maine lawmakers should fix election funding, then limit it
The typo that cut off Clean Elections money ought to be corrected quickly, before changing the policy.
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Cynthia Dill: More courage needed to advance from #metoo
Publicizing sexual harassment isn’t enough to help many women confront abuses of power.